Structure for mounting headlamp cleaner

Abstract

There is provided a structure for mounting a headlamp cleaner including pistons having a nozzle cover and an injection nozzle at the front ends, and a cylinder for moving the pistons back and forth from a bumper. The cylinder is mounted in the bumper via a bracket having mating pieces which mate with a mounting hole provided in the bumper and positioning projections which are inserted into the mounting hole and used for positioning the bracket with respect to the planar horizontal direction.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A structure for mounting a headlamp cleaner including a piston having a nozzle cover and an injection nozzle at a front end thereof, and a cylinder for moving the piston back and forth with respect to a bumper, said structure comprising: 
       a mounting hole provided in the bumper; and  
       a bracket including a mating portion which mates with a mounting hole,  
       wherein the cylinder is mounted in the bumper via the bracket.  
     
     
       2. The structure for mounting a headlamp cleaner according to  claim 1 , 
       wherein the mating portion of the bracket is an elastic mating piece.  
     
     
       3. The structure for mounting a headlamp cleaner according to  claim 1 , 
       wherein the bracket further includes a positioning projection which is inserted into the mounting hole and positions the bracket with respect to a planar horizontal direction of the mounting hole.  
     
     
       4. The structure for mounting a headlamp cleaner according to  claim 3 , 
       wherein a plurality of the positioning projections are provided on both sides of the mating portion and adjacent to the mating portion.  
     
     
       5. The structure for mounting a headlamp cleaner according to  claim 3 , 
       wherein a slit is provided between the positioning projection and the mating portion.  
     
     
       6. The structure for mounting a headlamp cleaner according to  claim 3 , 
       wherein the mounting hole includes a mating protrusion and the mating portion includes a mating hole with which the mating protrusion mates.  
     
     
       7. The structure for mounting a headlamp cleaner according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
       an elastic member via which the bracket is mounted in the bumper.  
     
     
       8. The structure for mounting a headlamp cleaner according to  claim 7 , 
       wherein the elastic member is annular in shape having a polygonal external form and disposed between an inner open edge of the mounting hole and a part of the bracket.  
     
     
       9. The structure for mounting a headlamp cleaner according to  claim 1 , 
       wherein the mounting hole includes rectangular mating cutouts, and  
       wherein a bracket further includes a rectangular cylindrical fixed contact end portion which is fixed to the mounting hole and includes a first pair of sides and a second pair of sides, and  
       wherein the mating portion is a pawl portion which is provided on the first pair of sides and projects outward from the mounting hole and mates with edge faces of the mating cutout, and  
       wherein the fixed contact end portion includes mating positioning portion provided on the first pair of sides and having a mating plate portion which mates with the mating cutout for positioning the bracket with respect to three planar directions of the mounting hole, and  
       wherein the second pair of sides has open width wider than that of the mounting hole and is provided with a contact end portion which holds the bumper together with the pawl portion by contacting an inside of the mounting hole.  
     
     
       10. The structure for mounting a headlamp cleaner according to  claim 9 , 
       wherein a slit is formed between a side portion of the mating positioning portion and the fixed contact end portion, and  
       wherein the fixed contact end portion is capable of elastically curving by the slit in one of an inside direction and an outside direction of the fixed contact end portion.  
     
     
       11. The structure for mounting a headlamp cleaner according to  claim 10 , 
       wherein the fixed contact end portion elastically curves when the pawl portion mates with the edge faces of the mating cutout of the bumper.